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Federal division, inner-metropolitan

# Macnamara

In Victoria.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Josh_Burns_2022.jpg?width=96)**Josh Burns** Labor, Macnamara ](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-burns)

About

## About Macnamara

Macnamara is an inner-metropolitan electoral division in Victoria, in the House of Representatives. It is held by Josh Burns of the Australian Labor Party. The division covers areas around the eastern shores of Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne's south.

Current member

Josh Burns, Australian Labor Party

Classification

Inner-metropolitan

Created

2018, after a Victorian redistribution

First contested

2019 federal election

Named after

Dame Jean Macnamara, doctor and medical researcher

Previous division

Melbourne Ports, replaced in redistribution

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FMacnamara), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Macnamara whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Macnamara yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Macnamara are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

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